(i had written this only to one address (email) , i did not see they are several, and now i copy to all including mailing list.)
i think there are missing commas, and different words used for one thing. it should be: If given, the number to whose multiple the Value is rounded, else -1 or 1 depending on sign of the Value. 2015-10-27 13:24 GMT+03:00 Tom Davies <[email protected]>: > Hi :) > Blimey! The OASIS description does make it a lot easier to understand. > It's still difficult to wrap my head around! I can see why it was tricky > trying to get that down to such a short summary! Could that original > queried summary be expanded easily? I'd guess not but jic my guess is > wrong i think it's worth asking. I take it that space there is seriously > limited (otherwise the original summary would have been longer, i'm sure)? > > Andras' examples make it MUCH clearer, to me, than either of the > descriptions. I think they are the only thing that could improve the Oasis > description. Thanks Andras, that was brilliant! :) > > There is another native English-speaker who joined this mailing list a > couple of years ago specifically to try to help with questions like this. > So, please don't be afraid to ask :) This one was possibly tooo technical > but in the past we had a whole spate of ones that were much easier to > answer. I'm not sure if it's possible to simplify the Oasis description > but if it's needed i'm sure Anne or others would be happy to help. > > Good luck and many regards from > Tom :) > > > > On 27 October 2015 at 08:38, Andras Timar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Jihui Choi <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hello. >> > >> > I'm translating LibO UI master from pootle. >> > I faced a sentence which I couldn't understand at all. >> > Is anyone helps me? >> > >> > UI master - sc - source - ui - src - >> > 1451 line : "If given the number to whose multiple the value is rounded, >> > else -1 or 1 depending on sign of Number." >> > >> > I guess this is about rounding or ceiling numbers. but that's all. no >> idea. >> > >> https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/6767/2/sc/source/ui/src/scfuncs.src,cm >> > >> >> You can read the standard, maybe it is clearer: >> >> http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part2.html#__RefHeading__1018606_715980110 >> Some examples: >> =CEILING(23.2,1) is 24 >> =CEILING(23.2,5) is 25 >> =CEILING(23.2,9) is 27 >> >> Regards, >> Andras >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
